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Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things…
Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things are to be entertained withal. A sermon at Boston-Lecture, on the death of Mrs. Abigail Willard, and the day before her interment; who expired Septemb. 26. 1721. / By her father. ; Whereunto there is added, a sermon on, the refuge of the distressed, which was preached on the Lord's-Day preceding.Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things are to be entertained withal. A sermon at Boston-Lecture, on the death of Mrs. Abigail Willard, and the day before her interment; who expired Septemb. 26. 1721. / By her father. ; Whereunto there is added, a sermon on, the refuge of the distressed, which was preached on the Lord's-Day preceeding.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland, 1721
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IV. THIS must be the Method of Relief, when Troubles of a more Spiritual Original are upon you. When the Philistines of Hell, with their Temptations are upon you. Are you under Temptations; Temptations to Infidelity, Temptations to some Impurity, Temptations to any Impiety? Do your Temptations press hard upon you and throw your Souls into a Flame, into a Sweat, into an Intolerable Agitation; You may complain, as Psal. LIV. 3. Oppressors that seek after my Soul have risen up against me. The Devils armed with our Lusts, are the worst Oppressors ⟨p. 24⟩in the World; Worse, worse than any on the Coast of Barbary; They are Oppressors that seek after the very Life of our Soul. But unto whom will you make your Complaint? O cast your selves into the Dust before the Lord, and from thence cry out unto Him, O Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me. You may lay to Heart your Oppression, as worse than that wherewith we read, the Egyptians, and after that, the Nations of Canaan, sometimes oppressed the People of GOD. You may say with him, Psal. XLIII. 2. I go mourning because of the oppression of the Enemy. But then, Let the Temptations that oppress you, Quicken your cry unto Him, that said, Behold, the cry of the Children of Israel is come unto me, and I have seen their oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Cry out, as under a Rape. Cry out, O Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me! Add that cry, Psal. CXIX. 122. Be surety for thy Servant for Good; Let not the proud oppress me. Lord, none so proud, as the Devils, and the Lusts, which exact from me, the Homage which is due to thee alone. GOD will break in pieces, ⟨p. 25⟩the Temptations, that cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He will hear the cry of the Afflicted. If the Battle go hard, cry to GOD in the Battle.
IV. THIS must be the Method of Relief, when Troubles of a more Spiritual Original are upon you. When the Philistines of Hell, with their Temptations are upon you. Are you under Temptations; Temptations to Infidelity, Temptations to some Impurity, Temptations to any Impiety? Do your Temptations press hard upon you and throw your Souls into a Flame, into a Sweat, into an Intolerable Agitation; You may complain, as